Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday wondered what a former president (indirectly referring to Olusegun Obasanjo) achieved after spending huge amount on power.
He spoke with reference to the failed $16 billion power project under the Obasanjo administration.
Buhari made the assertion while hosting members of the Buhari Support Organisation led by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari, who did not mention Obasanjo’s name, asked, “where was the power after a former president claimed to have spent $16 billion on the project?”
During Yar’Adua’s government, Nigerian House of Representatives had described the $16 billion spent on power by Obasanjo’s government as a colossal waste, blaming it on “poor budget planning and a lack of proper oversight by relevant bodies”.